Looking back on a busy 2018-19 by Gary Kaplan The end of a school year is a traditional time for reflection. This year offers a wider than usual range of events to reflect on. Education occupied an unusual amount of front page real estate. The quarter-century anniversary of Education Reform
Dear Friend of JFYNetWorks, You may remember a young man named Joey whom we have featured before. Joey was a pleasant, affable high school student with a winning smile and a low opinion of himself. “I want to go to college,” he said, “but I’m not sure I can do
Frederick Wiseman, Chronicler of the Western World by Gary Kaplan, Unbounded Fan of ‘Fred’ I was at a conference this morning and felt the need for another cup of coffee. The conference was in a lecture room at the front of the building and the food in another room at
BOSTON, JUNE 01, 2018 – JFYNetWorks is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program. The Boston-based organization was chosen from a total of 597 applicants through a competitive review process. Cummings Foundation has announced a total of $20 million
The largest Proficient/Advanced gain in the state by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director MCAS scores for 2017 were released last month. JFY’s partner schools logged many good results, but Madison Park Technical Vocational High School was far and away the year’s high point. Madison Park has come in for heavy
The skills gap persists by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director Labor Day weekend kicked off, appropriately, with the national Employment Report. It was underwhelming. Job and wage growth held their sluggish pace. Commentaries ranged from “steady as she goes” to “more noise than signal” to “disappointing though hardly catastrophic.” A
Twenty-nine students from Boston’s Urban Science Academy completed a summer course at Quincy College August 10 thanks to a unique partnership between the high school, the college, and JFYNetWorks. Urban Science Academy is located in the old West Roxbury High building at the end of VFW Parkway, the southernmost delta
Labor Shortage Continues 99% of Jobs Go to College Graduates by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director “There are no jobs for high school diplomas.” The May jobs report reiterates a theme we have been hearing with increasing urgency: the shortage of skilled labor. The current 4.3% unemployment rate is a
The need for a higher-skilled workforce is real. by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director The March state employment report (released in late April) focuses on two concerns: weak job growth and a shortage of skilled workers. Job growth waxes and wanes from month to month, but the skilled worker shortage
‘Equitable Access’ a Priority Earlier this month a Boston Globe editorial gave a good overview of the state’s new early college initiative. As the editorial points out, the great challenge will be to include low-income students, whose rates of college completion lag far behind more affluent students. The resolution that
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